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We propose and rigorously analyze a novel family of explicit low-regularity exponential integrators for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation, based on a time-relaxation framework. The methods combine a resonance-based scheme for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Hang Li , Xicui Li , Katharina Schratz , Bin Wang

We study the wave breaking mechanism for the weakly dispersive defocusing nonlinear Schroedinger (NLS) equation with a constant phase dark initial datum that contains a vacuum point at the origin. We prove by means of the exact solution to…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-18 Antonio Moro , Stefano Trillo

The nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (NLS) equation is a ubiquitous example of an envelope wave equation for conservative, dispersive systems. We revisit here the problem of self-similar focusing of waves in the case of the focusing NLS equation…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 C. I. Siettos , I. G. Kevrekidis , P. G. Kevrekidis

We consider the Cauchy problem for the defocusing Schr$\ddot{\text{o}}$dinger (NLS) equation with a nonzero background $$\begin{align} &iq_t+q_{xx}-2(|q|^2-1)q=0, \nonumber\\ &q(x,0)=q_0(x), \quad \lim_{x \to \pm \infty}q_0(x)=\pm 1.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-16 Zhaoyu Wang , Engui Fan

We examine statistical properties of integrable turbulence in the defocusing and focusing regimes of one-dimensional small-dispersion nonlinear Schrodinger equation (1D-NLSE). Specifically, we study the 1D-NLSE evolution of partially…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2019-09-25 Giacomo Roberti , Gennady El , Stephane Randoux , Pierre Suret

We consider the one dimensional 4th order, or bi-harmonic, nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation, namely, $i u_t - \Delta^2 u - 2a \Delta u + |u|^{\alpha} u = 0, ~ x,a \in \R$, $\alpha>0$, and investigate the dynamics of its solutions for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-02 Christian Klein , Iryna Petrenko , Svetlana Roudenko , Nikola Stoilov

We prove that the solutions to the discrete Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation (DNLSE) with non-local algebraically-decaying coupling converge strongly in $L^2(\mathbb{R}^2)$ to those of the continuum fractional Nonlinear Schr\"odinger…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-29 Brian Choi , Alejandro Aceves

The Cauchy problem of the modified nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (mNLS) equation with the finite density type initial data is investigated via $\overline{\partial}$ steepest descent method. In the soliton region of space-time $x/t\in(5,7)$, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Jin-Jie Yang , Shou-Fu Tian , Zhi-Qiang Li

The present paper deals with the long-time asymptotic analysis of the initial value problem for the integrable defocusing nonlocal nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $ iq_{t}(x,t)+q_{xx}(x,t)-2 q^{2}(x,t)\bar{q}(-x,t)=0 $ with a step-like…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-22 Yan Rybalko , Dmitry Shepelsky

We present an analysis of the stability spectrum of all stationary elliptic-type solutions to the focusing Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLS). An analytical expression for the spectrum is given. From this expression, various…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2017-03-08 Bernard Deconinck , Benjamin L. Segal

We introduce a new non-resonant low-regularity integrator for the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE) allowing for long-time error estimates which are optimal in the sense of the underlying PDE. The main idea thereby lies in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-02 Yue Feng , Georg Maierhofer , Katharina Schratz

We provide the rigorous derivation of the wave kinetic equation from the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation at the kinetic timescale, under a particular scaling law that describes the limiting process. This solves a main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Yu Deng , Zaher Hani

We study the Cauchy problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. Using the DBAR generalization of the nonlinear steepest descent method we compute the long time asymptotic expansion of the solution in any fixed space-time…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-27 Michael Borghese , Robert Jenkins , Kenneth D. T. -R. McLaughlin

We study the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with bounded initial data which does not vanish at infinity. Examples include periodic, quasi-periodic and random initial data. On the lattice we prove that solutions are polynomially…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Benjamin Dodson , Avraham Soffer , Thomas Spencer

We consider numerical instability that can be observed in simulations of localized solutions of the generalized nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) by a split-step method where the linear part of the evolution is solved by a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-10-15 Taras I. Lakoba

We investigate normalized solutions for doubly nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on the real line with a defocusing standard nonlinearity and a focusing nonlinear point interaction of $\delta$-type at the origin. We provide a complete…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Daniele Barbera , Filippo Boni , Simone Dovetta , Lorenzo Tentarelli

We present numerical simulations of the defocusing nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation with an energy supercritical nonlinearity. These computations were motivated by recent works of Kenig-Merle and Kilip-Visan who considered some energy…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-08-17 J. Colliander , G. Simpson , C. Sulem

The nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation and the Whitham modulation equations both describe slowly varying, locally periodic nonlinear wavetrains, albeit in differing amplitude-frequency domains. In this paper, we take advantage of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-05-01 T. Congy , G. A. El , M. A. Hoefer , M. Shearer

We study the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the quarter plane with asymptotically periodic boundary values. By studying an associated Riemann-Hilbert problem and employing nonlinear steepest descent arguments, we construct…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-04 Samuel Fromm

We derive stationary solutions to the two-dimensional hyperbolic discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (HDNLS) equation by starting from the anti-continuum limit and extending solutions to include nearest-neighbor interactions in the coupling…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-10-02 J. D'Ambroise , P. G. Kevrekidis